Week 7: Thinking globally

Have you heard of Mahika Halepete? I hadn’t until I attended an online Global Education Conference last week. Who is she and why am I mentioning her?

Look at this post about her as a grade 8 student. Her writing and singing skills have taken her a long way in just one year.

She presented a session at the conference about youth empowerment through design thinking. She has created her own Non profit organization to empower young people (ages 12 to 25) in developing countries to design and implement projects that solve problems affecting them and their communities.

All this before she turned 16 years old!

Think globally, act locally

Locally

My recycling bin has more in it every week than my normal rubbish bin.

I have a worm farm that chews up any extra fruit and vegetable rubbish I might have left over.

Whenever I go for a walk, I pick up any rubbish especially on the beach nearby.

Globally

I sponsor a Panda with World Wildlife Fund

I sponsor a child in Sri Lanka to improve the lifestyle of the child, their family and community. Have sponsored since I received my first pay cheque as a teacher back in the 1970s.

I donate to Kiva with micro loansof $25. I have made 69 loans so far and 8 friends I have invited have also made loans

What could you do about some of these world problems?

Here is a great website with lots of information about many topics below.

There might be some that are more specific to your area of the world. But this week research one of the following topics:

hunger

water

racism

use of resources

global warming

specific aspects of the environment

unemployment

war and unrest

use of land

terrorism

HIV/Aids

child labour

women’s rights

education and literacy

another global issue of your choice

Activity 1: For this challenge we are looking at research skills, attribution, links and creativity in how you have presented the work.

For the topic you have chosen you might want to create two or three shorter posts rather than one very long one.

In your posts, include links to where you researched and some images with attribution. You might also want to include a poll or survey, a collage of images, a slideshow you have created. You may have found a great video you could also include.

Have you or your class taken part in some work associated with a global issue? Create a post about what you were involved in. Check out what some classes did a few years ago relating to Uganda.Here is a wonderful newish website about projectsstudents and classes can join in.

Activity 3: Visit other blogs

Visit at least ten other blogs not from your country. Ask questions about some of the issues they might have in their country. Make some comparisons between the countries taking part in the challenge. Write a post about your findings.

Activity 4: Be creative

Use a web 2.0 tool to be creative about global issues. This might be a poll or survey, a quiz, write a poem, create a poster, draw a picture, write a story or cartoon about a super hero saving the world – just be creative.

Activity 5: Do something

Do something about a global issue. Here are links to games and activities for kids about global issues. What did you choose to look at? Write a review in your post.

Visit students and classes from the other countries involved in the challenge. Leave a comment or question relating to a global issue that might be affecting them.

Leave a comment on this blog telling Miss W. the global issue you think is most important to be solved. It might not be one of those mentioned in the post. Give reasons why it should be the first issue solved.

Hi Mrs. W, My Week 7 post is about Hunger, and the Homeless. I describe how lucky we are to have the proper shelter and food. And have access to healthy water. Some people suffer from not being able to eat and being treated wrongly.http://apout92d.edublogs.org/

Hello Ms. W. ,
My name is Lila. I have completed my post for Week 7. I did it on animal conservation and protection because I am very passionate about this topic. I think you would be very interested in this post because I talk about how I am a young entrepreneur who is making a difference in the world. If you get the chance, please check my post out! Thank you! here’s a link: http://listo.edublogs.org/2017/11/27/week-7-think-globally/

I have completed my Week 7 post – Thinking Globally.
While researching about my Social Studies project on African countries’ economy, I came across this very interesting FRESBERG Educational Cartoon Videos Channel, which addresses ‘Unemployment’, a global issue and I have shared it in my post. I hope this channel will help kids understand many topics in a fun way.
Please check the following link:

Dear Miss W.,
I feel like global warming is a huge problem if it’s not stopped then countries will be flooded and temperatures will be at an all-time high.
(I can’t send the link to the post because my teacher has to approve it so I will just send my blog.)http://hmsriley.edublogs.org/
From,
Riley

Hi Miss W. I really enjoyed this post and was quite inspired by Mahika and the work done by the Student Blogging Challenge to encourage students and teachers to consider actions they can take to make a positive difference in the world. I have written about and linked to your post in my contribution to the #WATWB We are the World Blogfest. You can read it here https://wp.me/p3O5Jj-10N Best wishes, Norah.

I think the most important global issue is poverty because many people don’t have money. Without money, people can’t afford food, water, shelter, or other things they need to survive. If they don’t have money, then they can’t buy the things they need to survive and they might die. They can’t survive without money because they need to buy food and shelter. If people weren’t in poverty, they would be able to buy food and the other things they need and less people would die from hunger. Here is also a link to my blog below:http://hmsjennifer.edublogs.org/

Hello!
I just finished the Week 7 activity. I chose to Be Creative and write a story about a girl who didn’t have access to clean water or enough food. Please check it out! http://sgely92d.edublogs.org/